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Thread #161183   Message #3829070
Posted By: DMcG
27-Dec-16 - 04:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: A new political low take 2
Subject: RE: BS: A new political low take 2
Not really, Teribus. The point of all three statements is to make an association in the listeners mind between the item and the number
The exact words are not critical when we are really talking about the 'feeelong' created by the phrases. And they are intentionally deceitful. Let us assume you are right and the claim was just about a possible course of action. Then any other course of action is equally possible. They could have said a possible action was to give tax incentives to businesses, but they didn't choose that. They could have said they would spend it in flood defences but they didn't.   Out of all possible 'courses of action' they chose the NHS. And the reason was to build an association between spending this money and the NHS. Or do you have an alternative explaination why NHS was the possible route they choose to emphasise?